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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after it chaunced that King Mal|colme fell ſicke, continuing ſo a long tyme, by reaſon whereof he ſought meanes to conclude a peace wyth Henrie King of Englande,A peace con|cluded with Englande. whiche being brought to paſſe, hee ſette woorke men in hande to laye the foundation of Saint Rewles Abbey, which afterwards bare the name of ſaint Androwes.

[figure appears here on page 271] The Abbay of S. Androwes buylded.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 When hee had finiſhed this houſe, being a goodly peece of worke, and right coſtly, as maye appeare at this day by the viewe thereof, he aſ|ſigned forth certaine reutes for the ſuſtentation of the Chanons, which he placed there of the or|der of Saint Auguſtine, not ſo largely as ſerued for the mayntenaunce of ſuperfluous cheare, but ſufficient yet for theyr neceſſarie fynding:Superfluous rentes of Ab|beyes, prouo|cations to in|ordinate luſts. by reaſon whereof, the Chanons of that Ab|baye lyued in thoſe dayes in moſte feruent de|uotion, hauing no prouocations at all to in|ordinate luſtes and ſenſuall pleaſures, but one|lye gyuen to diuine contemplation, wythoute reſpecte to auarice or inlarging the poſſeſſions EEBO page image 272 and re [...]endes of their houſe: he founded alſo the abbey of Couper of the Cyſticur order,

The abbey of Cowper foun|ded.

The death of king Malcolm

and en|dowed it with many faire landes and wealthye poſſeſſions. Finally being vexed with long infir|mitie, hee departed out of this lyfe at Iedburgh the .xij. yeare of his reigne.

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